Garment-supporter.



I @nt lllli G. A. MGGARTHY. GARMENT SUPPORTBR. APPLICATION Hun JULY 31, meg.

956,141 Patented Aim 26, 1910.

Rimmmuuunnumn al'towm CHARLES ALBERT MCCARTHY,:OF HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

GARMENT-SUPPOBTER.

' Specification of Letters iatent. Patented Apr. 26, 1910- Application filed July 31, 1909. Serial No. 510,528.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ALBERT M0. CARTHY, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Hattiesburg, in the county of Forrest and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relapes to that class of garment supporters which are adapted to support an entire suit of clothes comprising coat, vest and trousers as well as a hat and it has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this classof devices. 1

-A further object of the invention is to provide a garment supporter with simple supporting means whereby a pair of trousers may be supported wit-lieut danger of being creased or otherwise injured.-

A further obj cct of the invention is to provide a wooden garment supporter with shoulder supports fdl'm'edof wire whereby the shoulders of the coat and vest inay be supported in such a manneras to admit of free ventilation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment supporter with recesses or pockets wherein insect repellent substances such as camphor or moth balls may be placed to prevent the garments supported by the device from being injured by moths and other insects.

WVith these and other ends in view which will readily a pear as the nature of the invention is readi y understood the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly poin'tedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being however understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the )recise structural details therein exhibited,

ut that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment hanger constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side View in elevation of one end of the improved garment supporter. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one end of the device. Fig.

4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of F i 2..

Correspondin arts in the several gures are denoted by i e characters of reference. The improved garment supporter consists of an arched body A made of wood or other suitable material. The arched body A may, be formed, or produced upon a single piece of wood, or two or more pieces may be jointed together to form the said body which is provided at its apex with a suspending hook 5. A hat supporting hook 6 is also preferably attached to the body A at or near the apex of the latter.

The limbs 7-7 of the body A are connected by a cross bar 8, the ends of which are securely connected with the limbs 7 at no great distance from the terminal ends of the latter. Hingedly supported adjacent to the side face of the cross piece 8 is a clamping strip 9, the free end of which may be secured by means of a link 10 slidably mounted upon the cross bar 8-. The latter is pro vided with one or more recesses or sockets 11 wherein insect repellent material such as moth balls 12 may be placed. To pre- Vent moth balls or other material from being lost by handling the device, it is preferred to equip the cross bar 8 with a covering strip 13 of flexible foraminous material, such as wire netting; said strip being attached at one of its ends to thecrcss bar 8 as shown at 14 while the opposite end of the covering strip is connected with the crossv piece 8 by a stri 15 of resilient material such as a strip of indie rubber. The foraminous covering strip will thereby be held stretched and taut in proper position to constitute a closure for the recesses or sockets 11.

Pivotally connected with the arched body A, near the terminal ends of the limb of the latter, are yokes 16 formed of wire, said yokes being curved or bent adjacent to theouter ends so thatt-he outer ends or bridge members of said yokes will rest upon the a per edges of the limbs 7. These yokes will orm supports for the shoulder portions of coats and vests supported upon the arched body A, and free ventilation will thus be afiorded. This isregarded as an important and advantageous feature of the invention since garmentsthat have become moistened by perspiration or wet with rain may thus be quickly and thoroughly dried.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood. A complete suit of clothes may be supported by means of the improved device, the trousers being first folded. and flattened after which the lower ends of the leg portions are inserted between the cross bar 8 and the clamping strip 9, the free end of which latter is made fast by means of the sliding link 10.

By duplicating theclamping strip upon the opposite side of the cross bar, an additional pair of trousers may be supported. A hat may likewise be supported upon the hook 6 without interfering with any of the other prongs. The insect repellent material in the pockets 11 will serve to protect the garments from injury by moths and other insects when hung away in storage; and the insect repellent material may be readily renewed by lifting the foraminous' covering strip to a I a foraminous covering attached adjacent to one side of the pocket, and an elastic strip connecting said forammous cover with the support adjacent to the opposite side of the.

pocket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ALBERT MCCARTHY. Witnesses:

JAMES Nn'rz,

M. Ginms. 

